Prosecute the people who told the CIA agents it was legal, abso-f-in-lutely! I don't think the people who were given the go-ahead by the D.O.J. should be prosecuted though. They asked if it was legal, were told it was, then did it. It's not their fault they were lied to IMO.

But also, waterboarding one person 6 times a day, on average, for a month, certainly falls outside of the guidelines and is, imo, beyond criminal.

ETA: That's not to say that I don't personally think one time is criminal. I do. Any willingness I have place most of the blame on higher-ups (who have their own share of guilt, regardless), however, flies out the window when the already-problematic guidelines weren't even followed.

Of course there's nothing bad about prosecuting torturers. Anything else would be hypocritical.

I disagree. I think the military should be able to do whatever they feel is necessary. It's too bad that it became so public.

There are good reasons we have civilian oversight. The most important one day-to-day is to reign in the extremes that military forces have been known to go to. As a nation we decided when we declared independence that there are lines we are unwilling to cross to preserve stability or even freedom.